HIV & AIDS

Web site has links to contacts in each region, information on harm reduction resources and services including outreach, referrals, health and prevention.

Website provides links to services, campaigns/initiatives, employment, publications, and research to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations.

Reflects on the accomplishments of the Indigenous Positive Network (IPN+), a national organization which strives to represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with HIV/AIDS.

Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.

Outlines direction and goals of the organization and the need for continuing HIV/AIDS programming and information.

Study confirms the prevalence of dental disease in American Indian population with HIV/AIDS as compared to general population.

Identifies cultural knowledge being used by two-spirit men living with HIV and AIDS as a tool to bolster their health and well-being.

Public Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2009.

Discusses strategies for creating an effective, culturally appropriate workshop to address HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention.

Survey shows a high proportion of the participants reported domestic, physical or sexual assault by a family member.

Information on the Association, its history, structure, objectives and initiatives. Includes child care and HIV/AIDS resources, annual reports, publications and activities. Site also available in Inuktitut....

Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.

International Development Studies Thesis (B.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2009.

Article describes how project was carried out, lessons learned from it, and future directions to take.

Survey results of four facilities, which implemented HIV screening on persons 13 to 65 years old, concluded that more information and training is needing on HIV screening guidelines, execution of strategies and state regulations.

Pilot study of the A-Track system, which monitors prevalence of infections and associated risk behaviours and socio-demographics. Sample size was 1,064 and data was gathered from 2011 to 2012. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 388.

Discusses the history and production of a video by and for youth, stressing the dangers of HIV transmission and injection drug use.

Findings indicate trend that non-Aboriginals and non-injection drug users have better health outcomes.

Health, Aging, and Society Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2016.

Analysis of data the 2006 Positive Spaces, Health Places questionnaire using Medical Outcome Survey for HIV patients. Sample consisted of 79 individuals, with roughly half belonging to each sexual orientation.

Study assessed 129 sexually active women who met the PTSD criteria and found that binge drinking resulted in a 35% increase in unprotected sex.

Study identified three significant factors for declining test: age, cultural background, and caregiver's gender.

Designed to improve client services by providing information on: informed consent and its implications, diagnosis and the implications for clients, effect of possible disclosure of a positive result, importance of counselling, relaying both negative and positive test results, and anxiety, depression and suicide.

Study concludes that the best time to educate young American Indian men about pregnancies and the use of birth control is during their adolescence.

Recommends treating and curing sexually transmitted disease (STD) like syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes and genital worts in the mother before passing it on to the child.

Discusses the prevalence of HIV in 5242 women tested.

Contains statistics for rates of testing in voluntary ("opt-in") and mandatory ("opt-out") programs, lists best practices benchmarks from a variety of sources, and answers questions frequently asked by health practitioners.

Looks at data collected from a study on (HCV) infection among the Aboriginal population who use drugs and live in Prince George and Vancouver.

Based on survey sample of 295 community members between ages 15 and 49 years.

Studied factors contributing to rate of disease and prevention and intervention; discusses the Community Readiness Model.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.

Focuses on AIDS initiatives developed by and for Aboriginals such as the Cree Haven Treatment Centre located on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation and the All Nations Hope organization. Duration: 21:50.

Interprets the findings from a qualitative study of eight Aboriginal women living with HIV infection and their experiences accessing health care.

Stresses importance of putting more resources into prevention efforts as opposed to focusing only on treatment.

Discusses how the COVID pandemic provided the opportunity to establish a community of allies to provide access to health services. This discussion could be used to help Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS.

Concludes that discrepancies between self-identification and official statistics have resulted in inequitable resource allocation.

Reviews the case numbers of various STDs/STIs among American Indian/Alaska Native youth and how media messaging seems to be concentrated on HIV/AIDS.

Statistics for provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia as well as regional reports for La Ronge, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and rural First Nations communities located in Northern Saskatchewan.

Looks at a Métis perspective of allyship through the dried blood spot testing (DBST) pilot in Métis communities.

Analyzes representations of disability in the novels Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway and two murder mysteries by Carole LaFavor.

Health and Human Development Thesis (M.Sc.)--Montana State University, 2009.

Article mentions the, "social exclusion" created by income inequality particularly affecting Indigenous people. Also chronicles HIV/AIDS rates in various countries.